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2025 DAILYLAW 22916 (AP)

Gorla Venu, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

CRLP/6635/2025 · 2025-07-09

T Mallikarjuna Rao

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iL- _` .`~` IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.- THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6635 OF 2025 Between : Petitioner, and of made the following ® ffl,a.,a...i: Gorla Venu, s/o vasan{ha Rao, Aged 23 Years, R/o. Pjnniboyl|navari palem Jvillage, Bapatla MandaI, Bapatla District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.4 AND The State of Andhra pradesh, rep by I'tS Public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent/complainanti petition under sectI-OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS/ Under SectI'OnS 437 & 439 of cr.p.c, praying that lan the circumstances stated l|n the memorandum of grounds \filed in support of the crI'minal Petitl'on, the HI-gh Court may b6 pleased to grant Ba" to the petitioner/Accused No.4 I-n connec{jon wI-th Crime No.55 of 2025 of ChI'rala Rural P.S., Bapatla Dl-strict (Erstwhllle Prakasam| DI-Strict). r The Petjtjon/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the peti{jon and the memorandum of grounds fI'led in support thereof and upon hearing8 the arguments of SRI RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Advocate for the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court -L| -i- \. ORDER-- This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A4, seeking bail, in crime No.55/2025 of Chirala Rural Police Station, Bapatla District. 2. A case has been registered aga'InStthe Petit'lOner and Others fOrthe offences under sections 109(1 ) r/w 3(5) of the B.N|Sl 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, iS that, there are boundary disputes between the grandmother of the de-facto complainant and accused No.1 and his family members, due tO Which, two days Prior tO the alleged incident, an altercation ensued between them. on o3.3.2025, while the de-facto complainant was in her house talking with one Gavini padathala seshaiah, A2 came there and called him. When the de-facto complainant went there, accused Nos.1 to 5 abused him in filthy language and accused Nos.2, 3, 4 and 5 beat the de-facto complainant and hacked him with a knife which was used to slash palm fruits. The de-facto complainant suffered severe injuries. A person known to the de-facto complainant rescued him and shifted him to the Government Hospital for treatment. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the Petitioner Was arrested on o2.4.2025 and since then he has been in judicial Custody. i----, T,..=s. other accused i.e. Al to A3 and A5 were granted ba'll by this Court vide c7Z? i 3 crl.p.No.5753 of 2025 on 24.6.2025 and the case of the pe{i{ioner is also on the same lines and prays to allow the crimI'nal Petition. 5. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and stated that most of the investigation is completed but injured was discharged from the hospital. 6. Heard both sides. 7. A perusal of the record indicates that the de-facto complainant/victim said to have sustained injuries on the thigh and hand and in view of the discharge of the injured from the hospI'tal it Can be Said that there is no danger to the life of the petitioner. It is submitted that, except the petitioner, all the other accused were enlarged on bail and the Petitioner iS Shown tO be Permanent resident of Bapatla Mandal and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from justice. As seen from the report, similar type of accusations had been made against A2 and A4 and the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this court granted bail to A2 vide CrI.P.No.5753 of 2025 on 24.6.2025. The reading of the order, as mentioned above, indicates that this court allowed the crimlinal Petition On the ground that most of the investigation might have been completed as the petitioner has been in judicial custody from o2.4.2025. Hence, this court finds that the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation and tampering of evidence. In the said facts and rr-----;rz±-:I 4 circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider the prayer o\ the petitioner. 8. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A4 with the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/A4 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Chirala / Additional Judicial Magistrate First Class, Chirala; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned on Saturday once in two weeks between 10.00am to 5.00pm till the conclusion of the Trial; (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. 9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. / sD/-U. SRIDEVI //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT2§§}PTRAR For , SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Additional Junior Civil Judge, Chirala/ Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chirala. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Nellore, SPSR Nellore Dl-strict 3. The Station House Officer, Chirala Rural Police Station, Bapatla District 4. One CC to SRI. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:10/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6635 of 2025 ALLOWED :3:``gasF=^iS`sZ},`